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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part Two : Chapter 2, Work, Sensorial, Normalcy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of work does the Montessori school promote?
(a) Group work.
(b) Independent work.
(c) Child-Adult paired work.
(d) Student-student paired work.

2. When did Montessori write her first book on her work?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1929.

3. What does Standing suggests that this book could be used as, despite its label as a biography?
(a) A door stop.
(b) An elementary school book.
(c) A University textbook.
(d) A Noble Prize winner.

4. In terms of time, what is first created in the child's mind in order to comprehend time?
(a) General divisions.
(b) Minutes.
(c) Details of time.
(d) Days.

5. Where did Montessori and her parents move so she could go to a better school?
(a) France.
(b) Rome.
(c) Brussels.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of things does Standing write astonish small children?

2. What is the first stage of development, ranging from age 0-6 years, considered?

3. According to Montessori, what is the first sign of normalization in a child?

4. Standing uses the expression 'Young Explorer'; what does he state is unique about the young explorer?

5. According to Montessori, what is a sensitive period?

(see the answer key)

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